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11.18.2013 | SPRINGFIELD -- Firefighters at the scene of a fire reported at a Durant Street home. Bryan Hall, 24, has since been charged with deliberately setting the fire.
(Don Treeger / The Republican)

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Arson & Bomb Squad arrested a 24-year-old city man Friday and charged him with setting his Sixteen Acres home on fire in November.

Bryan Hall, 24, formerly of 225 Durant St., was charged with arson of a dwelling and injury to a firefighter, Dennis Leger, aide to Commissioner Joseph Conant, said.

Hall is suspected of setting fire to his Durant Street home on Nov. 11, Leger said. A firefighter suffered a leg injury after he fell off a ladder while fighting the fire.

The blaze displaced six adults and three children. Investigators quickly determined that it was deliberately set.

It caused an estimated $80,000 in damage to the property, Leger said at the time, adding that the building sustained fire damage on the first floor and exterior, heat and smoke damage on the second floor, and water damage in the basement.

The Pioneer Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross aided those displaced. Assessor records state the property is owned by Jonathan B. and Tammy Y. Hall and assessed at $177,900.

Hall denied the charges in District Court. He was released on is own recognizance and ordered to return on March 25 for a pre-trial hearing.